BucurmMedieval Romanian, Romanian Mythology Derived from either Romanian bucur, an archaic form of the adjective bucuros "joyful", a bucura "to become joyful" or bucurie "joy". This name was borne by Bucur, the legendary Romanian shepherd who is said to have founded Bucharest (Bucureşti in Romanian), giving it his name.
CălțunafMedieval Romanian This was the name of Vlad Dracul's noble Wallachian mistress, a boyar lady who became the mother of his son Vlad Călugărul ('Vlad the Monk').
ChiajnafMedieval Romanian Variant of Cneajna. Doamna Chiajna ("Lady Chiajna" in English) was a Princess consort of Wallachia. She was married to Mircea the Shepherd.
CneajnafMedieval Romanian Derived from Romanian cneaz (ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь via Ukrainian and Russian князь (knjazʹ)) "prince; ruler of a state or principality in past times". This name was borne by the daughter of Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Good in English) who eventually married Vlad II Dracul.
CurcafMedieval Romanian, Romani (Archaic) Derived from Romanian curcă "turkey-hen". This name seems to have been predominantly used by members of the Romani people.
MănuntafMedieval Romanian Derived from Romanian mănuntă, a regional variant of măruntă, itself the feminine form of the adjectiv mărunt "very small, tiny".
NeacșumMedieval Romanian Neacșu's letter, written in 1521, is the oldest surviving document available in Old Romanian that can be reliably dated. Written using Cyrillic, it was sent by Neacșu Lupu, a merchant from Câmpulung, Wallachia (now Romania) to Johannes Benkner, the mayor of Brassó, Kingdom of Hungary (now Brașov, Romania), warning him about the imminent attack of the Ottoman Empire on Transylvania.
NeagoemMedieval Romanian, History Neagoe Basarab (c.1459 – 15 September 1521) was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521.
OpreafMedieval Romanian Derived from Romanian a opri "to stop". This name was given to a child in the hopes that it would be the last child born into the family.
SăracafMedieval Romanian, Romani (Archaic) Derived from Romanian sărac "poor". This seems to have been an amuletic name which was used predominantly among members of the Romani people.
ScheaucafMedieval Romanian Derived from the archaic Romanian word şcheau which used to mean "Bulgarian", in certain cases "Serb" and later on "Slav" in general.
VintilămMedieval Romanian, Romanian Romanian name of unclear origin, used as both a masculine personal name and a family name. It was most notably borne as a given name by Vintilă Brătianu (1867-1930), Prime Minister of Romania (1927-1928)... [more]